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Edgar Degas in New Orleans
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Edgar Degas in New Orleans

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
EUR25,00

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4671-5347-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsdatum06.02.2023
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 226 mm, Dicke 14 mm
Gewicht417 g
Artikel-Nr.23775534
KatalogLibri
Datenquelle-Nr.A45027597
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Rory O'Neill Schmitt, PhD, is a filmmaker and an administrator at USC. She studied the psychology of being an artist and the cathartic process of artmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, working as a board-certified art therapist in Southern California. An exhibiting fine art photographer as well as a writer, Rory has also penned two books about the creative process with Arcadia: Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona and New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History (with Rosary O'Neill). Rosary O'Neill, PhD, is a Senior Fulbright Drama Specialist and winner of nine Fulbrights, including five to Paris to study Degas. She has published nineteen plays with Concord Publishers (aka Samuel French in New York City), including Degas in New Orleans and Marilyn/God, three play anthologies and six books. A professor emerita at Loyola University New Orleans, Rosary founded the first repertory theater in New Orleans, Southern Rep, and is a member of the Playwrights Division of the Actors Studio in New York City.

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